Button receptacle



1,633,725 June 28, 1927. ,C DAY BUTTON RECBPTACLE Filed Nov'. 23, 1926 Patented June 2s, 1927.

UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES G. DAY, 0F SOUIH ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR T0 THEWHITEEELD b HOAG COMPANY, 0F NEWARK, JERSEY, A CORPORATION 0l' NEW JERSEY.

BUTTON BECEPTACLE.

4Application med November 23, 19.26. Serial No. 150,219.

This` invention relates to anew button receptacle.

The rmain object of the invention is the production of a button receptacle in which the button is designed'to carry on its front face indicia constituting it a hunting or fishingr license button, while the receptacle at `the. rear of the button is designed to contain i the usual paper hunting, fishing or other license in folded form. i

A further'object resides in the provlsion of a comparatively rigid structure and from thereof, all-as will more full prises a substantiall the recess of which the hunting or other license will be readily and easily removed. Other objects and advantages relates to the details of the structure and the parts appear from the following description ta en inv'connection with the accompanying drawlng, 1n which Figure 1 is a front view of the button receptacle. l

Figure 2 isa rear view of the button receptacle. I

Figures 3 and 4 are sections taken on lines 3-3 and 4 4 respectivelyFigure 1.

Figure 5l is a sectional view on line 5 5, Figure 3. v

, The structure as shown comprises a front wardly and inwardly, and the front plate is adapted to be covered by a Celluloid or other sheet of suitable material 'adapted tov contain the desired indicia, as for instance, the usual subject-matter contained upon a hunting, fishing or other license button.

The edge of the cellnloid sheet is folded around the inwardly turned edge of the front plate 2, and is confined between the edge .-2- and-the outer edge 4 of a rear plate, which in this structure takes the place of the usual collect. This` rear plate in the form shown comflat central portion -6 and the plate 1s formed with a rearwardly extending bead -7- at the outer edge of the central portion -6- so that in fact the rear plate is of dished form providing a sunken chamber in which the receptacle is ositioned in a manner to project vonly a shght distance, if. at all, beyond the rear edge of the bead 7-.

This receptacle is formed preferably by means of a single piece of sheet-metal so bent or shaped as to consist'of a rear wall -8, two side walls ,-9- and l0- respectively, one end wall -11 the continuity of which is interrupted by cutting away a portion of the end wall, which cut'- away portion in conjucton with a cnt-out adjoining portion of the rear wall -8- provides a thumb opening '12- which permits an operator to push anything contained in the receptacle part way out from this open end 13 of the receptacle.

In this illustration,` the substantially Het central portion 6 of the lback-plate -5- is formed with four spaced slots 14sand each of the side walls -9- and -l0- is formed with a pair of spaced tongues -'15 which are projected through res ctive slots and then bent into contact wit the inner surface of the central portion -6- to rigidly secure the receptacle member to the back plate. e

Means is provided for securing the button receptacle tof a garment or similar article in the form of a pin which has an oppositely deflected-portion -16- forward of the rear plate 5 and lying Hat against the rear plate with its opposite ends extended through slots -17 in the plate -5-, one of said ends being formed in a coil -18- from lwhich the pin portion 19 extends to engage a loop 20- formed upon the opposite end.

The pin portion -19- extends across the rear wall -8- at the rear of the wall.`

It will be apparent that the front surface of the button is provided for thereception of suitable indicia, for instance, to constitute the same a hunting license button, and that the paper license itself may be folded so as to fit within the chamber 2l in thereeeptacle at the rear of the button. When properly folded the license can be shoved in from the open end -12- and the bead -7- will maintain the license inplace against accidental displacement, and when it 1s desired to remove the license, it is only necessary for the operator to push upon the rear portion of the license t rough the thumb o )ening -1'2- to push it partially from the chamber -21- where it may be easily grasped for removal.

Altho I have shown and described a specific structure as constituting aperhaps preferred embodiment of the invention, I do not desire to restrict myself to the de- B I I 1,633,725

tails. of the same, as various changes, and the dished central portion, the edge of the inmlificntions muy be made Within the scope (lished central portion extending outwardly of the ulpended claim.' to form a partial closure of the open end l0 lI eliiim: v, of the receptacle. 5 A button comprising u. front plate and a In wit-ness whereof I have hereunto set rear plate having a (lished central portion, my hand this 30th day of October .1926.

and an opeli-jreptacle positioned in JAMES' DAY. 

